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Mary T. Rodgers is a Professor of Analytical and Physical Chemistry at Wayne State University (WSU), Detroit, MI. She holds a visiting scientist position at the FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, Netherlands. Her research focuses on mass spectrometry and spectroscopy, particularly the application of tandem mass spectrometry and theoretical calculations to study ion-molecule reactions, collision-induced dissociation, and infrared spectroscopy of biological and organic molecules.
Rodgers earned a B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics from Illinois State University (1985) and a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Caltech (1992). Her postdoctoral work at Caltech and the University of Utah (1992–1997) involved molecular beam spectroscopy and ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. She joined WSU in 1997, becoming Professor in 2006. She was elected to the Wayne State Academy of Scholars in 2019 and served as its Vice President (2021–22) and President (2022–23).
Her research group uses state-of-the-art instrumentation, including a Bruker Solarix 7T FT-ICR MS and amaZon ETD QIT MS, to investigate molecular recognition, solvation effects, and structural stability of nucleic acids, peptides, and metal-ligand complexes. Key interests include the impact of modifications (e.g., halogenation, methylation) on glycosidic bond stability and base-pairing energetics.
Rodgers has authored over 165 publications and received numerous awards, including the AAAS and APS Fellowships, ASMS Research Award, and WSU Distinguished Faculty Fellowship. She actively organizes conferences like the Lake Arrowhead Conference on Mass Spectrometry and chairs the Gordon Research Conference on Gaseous Ions. She serves on editorial boards for journals like European Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
Her research is funded by NSF grants (CHE-1409420, OISE-0730072) and collaborations with Dutch institutions. She mentors graduate and undergraduate students in experimental and computational mass spectrometry, advancing interdisciplinary research in chemistry and biology.
